For a long time those of us lucky enough to cross the Atlantic to attend large Party's and Conventions in the BDSM world , have known that the skill levels and sharing we have here in the UK is behind that enjoyed in other countries noticeably America.

In reference to Absolutely Alternative event on the 25th January 2002 we are now able to bring in three DJ's for the night to provide us with a mix of modern dance music. There will also be separate sounds in our new larger dungeon, Hope to see you there,

Hi - I'm looking to attend Le Cage and Rapture events for the first time. Does anyone have information and opinions regarding these events. Worthwhile attending or not?

The Leeds Erotic Emporium is set to open its doors on Sunday 27th January 2002, and thereafter the 4th Sunday of every month - www.eroticemporium.co.uk

I finished adding a new feature to the site today, I hope you like it! All logged in users can now add entries to their own weblog, which can be read by anyone visiting the site. A weblog is a kind of online journal, you can put whatever you want in it - perhaps thoughts about the fetish lifestyle that don't seem to fit in as comments on any of the articles but which you'd like to share anyway...

My partner and I have only recently discovered (almost by accident, but that's another story!), that adopting a mistress/slave relationship is the best thing we have ever done. It has rapidly developed from being something that we talked about playing with occasionally, to a 24/7 way of life - even if a lot of the time it has to be subtle and played purely on a psychological level. We are greedily devouring any information we can find about fetishwear, equipment, terminology, etc., as we would really like to venture onto the scene.

DomDominion.com announces 'You Do Voodoo' Fetish Ball to be held January 13th 2002 in San Francisco to celebrate launch of fetish-based Website and dominatrix calendar.

The 5th Bristol Fetish Emporium & Party... Sunday 13th Jan 2002 and 2nd Sunday in every month there after. The market runs from 11am to 5pm. January is famous for SAVING MONEY therefore we have negotiated with most traders that they offer a discount on their already low prices (some items will not be discounted).

I'm away for the next couple of days, so I'll post this now - hope everyone has a great Xmas! Don't forget to post reviews of any events you go to and any good presents you get!!

Despite some adverse publicity at the 11th hour, the pervy public flocked to BFE's Xmas event. There were the usual traders including me plus some new ones. The BFE controlled the film crew which had caused all the pre-event consternation, as they always said they would!! with the result the atmosphere was light hearted and very seasonal.